Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and Letters |
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He certainly did not strive for an artistic method of expression through such
imitation of the masters , for instance , as Robert Louis Stevenson's . There was
nothing ambitiously elaborate or selfconsciously simple in Lincoln's way of
writing .
He certainly did not strive for an artistic method of expression through such
imitation of the masters , for instance , as Robert Louis Stevenson's . There was
nothing ambitiously elaborate or selfconsciously simple in Lincoln's way of
writing .
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They were alike in this — that both were intensely interesting personalities ; both
were moved by imagination ; and both acquired remarkable power of expression
. One used this power carry out his own sometimes wise , sometimes selfish ...
They were alike in this — that both were intensely interesting personalities ; both
were moved by imagination ; and both acquired remarkable power of expression
. One used this power carry out his own sometimes wise , sometimes selfish ...
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... fully to the attraction of Lincoln's style . Beginning with the famous and familiar
speech at Gettysburg , I reread many of his writings , and felt everywhere his
genius for expression . Where and how did Lincoln gain this mastery of
expression ?
... fully to the attraction of Lincoln's style . Beginning with the famous and familiar
speech at Gettysburg , I reread many of his writings , and felt everywhere his
genius for expression . Where and how did Lincoln gain this mastery of
expression ?
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Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. gain this mastery of
expression ? He said of himself : The aggregate of all his schooling did not
amount to one year . He was never in a college or academy as a student . What
he has ...
Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. gain this mastery of
expression ? He said of himself : The aggregate of all his schooling did not
amount to one year . He was never in a college or academy as a student . What
he has ...
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One of the most characteristic qualities of Lincoln's expression is its morality , its
insight , its prophecy ; and in the now famous debate he reached well - nigh the
fullness of his power to put great thoughts into fitting language . Straight his
words ...
One of the most characteristic qualities of Lincoln's expression is its morality , its
insight , its prophecy ; and in the now famous debate he reached well - nigh the
fullness of his power to put great thoughts into fitting language . Straight his
words ...
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Página 161 - ... proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States, and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Página 198 - ... Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost,...
Página 126 - I, therefore, consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Página 134 - At the same time the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government, upon vital questions, affecting the whole people...
Página xli - Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Página xl - Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.
Página 176 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the...
Página 201 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Página 114 - It was not the mere matter of separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...
Página 134 - I do not forget the position, assumed by some, that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court; nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the government.
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| Título | Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and Letters |
| Autor | Abraham Lincoln |
| Colaborador | Richard Watson Gilder |
| Editor | Century Company, 1901 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 10 Ago. 2006 |
| Largo | 204 páginas |
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